[nfbcs] Accessible UNIX / LINUX Help Request

[Ian C. Bray via nfbcs]

John,

Is there a huge learning curve?
I'm a JAWS user, but know nothing of ORCA and your suggeted reader.
Are ORCA & Yours similar to operate??

Ian



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John G. Heim via nfbcs" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Accessible UNIX / LINUX Help Request


> In my opinion, the best talking distro out there is sonar linux. I don't 
> know the URL, you can google that though. I was so impressed with sonar I 
> installed it on my
> machine at home. And I do linux support for a living. I have not tried the 
> latest version though. They recently switched from basing their distro on 
> linux to basing it on arch (I think).
>
> If you need something based on ubuntu, you can try vinux.
>
> There is currently a huge debate going on on the orca list about 
> standardizing the key bindings to make it easier for users to switch from 
> Windows to linux. It has gotten heated enough that I took myself off the 
> list for a while. But I can virtually guarantee that there will be no 
> changes. I was about the only one who even seemed to think it was worth 
> considering. I'll admit that it would be wrong to change the orca keys to 
> be like those of jaws. What I would hope for, though, it to get people to 
> agree that if some standardization could be done, it would be a good 
> thing. People won't even go for that. It's ridiculous, IMO.
>
>
> On May 17, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Ian C. Bray via nfbcs wrote:
>
>> Is there anyone out there who can help me
>> get an UBUNTU  box started so that it has some varriant of
>> speech that functions simillarly to JAWS?
>>
>> I-- have no idea where to start with this.
>>
>> Tami Jarvis spoke to me about ORCA-- and I have only been diving into my 
>> own SEMI-Professional Accessibility Needs recently.
>>
>> I have an ancient LAPTOP with 12.8 LTS on it, and I would like to get 
>> back to my Unix / Linux Tinkering.
>>
>> Mentorship & off-line phone conversations & EMail Groups / Listservs 
>> welcome.
>> I do not do well in forums-- but I'm not saying I won't try.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Ian  C. Bray
>> Louisville, KY
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